African giant squirrel
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| African giant squirrel | |
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| Forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Tribe: | Protoxerini |
| Genus: | Protoxerus Forsyth Major, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Sciurus stangeri Waterhouse, 1842
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| Species[1] | |
African giant squirrels (genus Protoxerus) form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Xerinae. They are only found in Africa.
The two subgenera of African giant squirrels each has a single species:[1]
- Subgenus Protoxerus - forest giant squirrel or Stanger's squirrel, P. stangeri
- Subgenus Allosciurus - slender-tailed squirrel, P. aubinnii
References
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